Is This Why Fox Lost $6.5 Billion Last Year? How Much Has Fox News Overworked The Threat Of “socialism”?
March 1, 2010 | In: Social Media News
To watch Fox News on Tuesday, you’d think a new Berlin Wall was about to be erected along the banks of the Mississippi.
With Obama signing the stimulus, the word “socialism” was almost never far away from the lips of someone on the network.
Transcripts for Fox’s programming from Tuesday shows that in the span of just six hours, the network managed to squeeze in
five segments devoted to a discussion of impending socialism; the words “socialism,” “socialist” and “social democracy” were
used a total of 37 times. Cavuto, O’Reilly and Greta all managed to stay socialism free, but “Special Report” and Hannity
each had two segments about it, and Glenn Beck had one. No transcript for “FOX Report” was available, but I caught
repeats of the segments from “Special Report,” for a total of six time slots on the subject between 4 p.m. ET and 11 p.m.”
There’s a reason why FOX lost $6.5 billion dollars in the latest quarter.
Only the Nazi right wants to hear them slam Obama 24/7/365 with racist remarks and outright lies.
31 Responses to Is This Why Fox Lost $6.5 Billion Last Year? How Much Has Fox News Overworked The Threat Of “socialism”?
homegirl
March 1st, 2010 at 1:21 am
yeah, well, at my work, we pretty much explain this one lady’s ignorance based on the fact that “she watches fox news”. nuff said.
dolphing
March 1st, 2010 at 1:26 am
Fox isn’t even really trying to present facts anymore. They’re “infotainment.” It’s just a bunch of talking heads telling you what to think- and it works, since, as demonstrated here, most of their viewers are too dense to think for themselves.
If you want real news, try something like the BBC, not the insult to journalism that is Fox.
zenith73
March 1st, 2010 at 2:16 am
Your rant doesn’t disclose that News Corporation, the parent of FOX News, owns a myriad of interests and that the cable news which you disparage so badly actually turned a nice profit for the parent company. News Corporation took some write-offs which put a dent in their profits.
semper_p
March 1st, 2010 at 2:24 am
why do liberals complain about Fox News when they have: 1) the mainstream media, 2) colleges and public schools, 3) Hollywood, and 4) anything on print (newspapers, magazines, etc.) on their side? Fox News is the #1 rated in Cable News, beating CNN and MSNBC combined. you hate Fox because you are jealous.
President Tarzan
March 1st, 2010 at 3:23 am
How does the number one news channel lose $6.5 billion?
This is one day in jan 09:
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,217,000 viewers
CNN – 633,000 viewers
MSNBC –482,000 viewers
CNBC – 265,000 viewers
HLN – 372,000 viewers
And here is a link to a day about a week ago. Fox still has total numbers.http://insidecable.blogsome.com/category…
So how do they lose this money?
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SFC_Olli
March 1st, 2010 at 3:58 am
i was once an independent and voted wherever the wind took me, now i am a republican.
our new government does have socialist tendencies
i prefer to listen to o’reilly, fox is truthful. The liberal democrats just don’t like to hear that Obama has flaws.
Hey everyone!
March 1st, 2010 at 4:50 am
If you don’t like FOX news then don’t watch it. You only watch it to have something to complain about.
and this is hardly a question… more of a pointless rant. you believe what you want to believe and let others believe what they want to!
Be Kind to Animal
March 1st, 2010 at 4:54 am
And Obama said “crisis” 25 times alone in his speech. That’s not worth mentioning?
You must have the best life ever, considering all you do is try to find ways to expose FOX for…whatever you’re trying to expose them for.
Get a life!
Prιηcεss Zεldα
March 1st, 2010 at 5:43 am
SOURCE? if Fox lost $6.5 billion, how much have the others lost? Fox’s ratings are HIGHER!
Only the liberal wackos don’t want to hear the truth. Fox tells both sides, even the liberal one.
Robyn Duck
March 1st, 2010 at 5:48 am
Try to take a step back and look at this without bias: this is no different than the left leaning news outlets talking down about the wars and the economy. It worked for Democrats, why not do the same thing?
Pfo
March 1st, 2010 at 6:05 am
Yeah everything you just laid out right there cost the company $6.5 billion dollars. Are you kidding me?
This is why we don’t let Liberals handle the economy or ANYTHING related to money for that matter.
FVCK YAHOO LIBERALS!
March 1st, 2010 at 7:04 am
Why would you want to call people Nazi, because they want to hear the truth? All of the other network station are so, one sided. It’s transparent and you would have to be blind not to see it.
Paul
March 1st, 2010 at 7:48 am
6.5 Billion? And they wonder why Nova M went bankrupt.
I don’t think I could lose 6.5 billion. Well, will Foxnews pack it in, or will it be rescued again by billionaire Saife or Mellon?
ObamaBot THX-1138
March 1st, 2010 at 8:36 am
They prefer fascism. And they should be kicked off the air and have their license taken away. They want any tax payer money to go to global corporations and they never complain about that.
HawkEye
March 1st, 2010 at 9:03 am
Yes it is. Faux News is like comedy to me. I channel surf, land on it for 5 min, get a good laugh, realize that I’m way too intelligent to watch this & turn.
S V
March 1st, 2010 at 9:05 am
If and when you possibly mature, which is by your childish question doubtful, you may learn to ask a sensible question. FOX tells things as they are, not as silly liberals wish they were. Grow up!!
vincent g
March 1st, 2010 at 9:51 am
And yet, FOX is the number one rated cable news channel…
I see you don’t ask why the Times had to mortgage their building in New York to help keep them operating…
I think someone has FOX envy!
DoubleL
March 1st, 2010 at 10:10 am
“FOX lost $6.5 billion last year”…And yet, they’re still rated number one for the last 7 years
That’s pretty damned impressive…Thanks for pointing that out
Rayne Storm
March 1st, 2010 at 10:11 am
They “overworked” it enough to regain the number 1 spot in the cable news race.
gcason
March 1st, 2010 at 10:43 am
I think you’re talking about News Corp not Fox News. While News Corp owns Fox News it also own tons of other things such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, My Space, etc.
MEL T
March 1st, 2010 at 10:43 am
So, if FOX lost that much, how much did msnbc lose?..FOX is the number one news network
I would also like to know where you get your statistics from?.
Blame Obama
March 1st, 2010 at 11:38 am
You have to be a real idiot to not know socialism when it’s being rammed down your throat
besgwine
March 1st, 2010 at 12:10 pm
To read this one would think they fell victim to the KOS site.
Thrill Shrill Cult
March 1st, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Wow… you sound like a dedicated viewer. Note books and calculators out. Murdoch would be proud of you
skonch01
March 1st, 2010 at 1:56 pm
You sure know a lot about Fox shows. Apparently you were watching them. Why?
Mr. Sarcasm
March 1st, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Where’d you get this cut and paste job from,young Stalin.
Demorat
March 1st, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Well maybe the Messiah will bail them out.
I think you should be more concerned about how much money the entire is in debt for and by the definition of socialism it seems that is exactly what is taking place.
1. a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
But while you are counting words why don’t you count the number of times Obama said the work “crisis” in his speech yesterday. What Obama & the rest of his party should do is a more positive approach -stop with all the doom and gloom.
alleymax
March 1st, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Yet, they are still number one. Look…they report the truth. And the best part? For people like yourself that claim constantly that they are NOTHING…you sure did rant half a page about them. Socialism is the new way…you can’t blame Fox if you don’t want to hear it. Deer in the headlights or reality? You choose. But Fox is still on top.
PLEASE POST THEIR RACIST REMARKS…really, for once I would like someone to show me these racist remarks. Do you mean when they had Al Sharpton on? Cause…yea he was racist. Waiting patiently for your arsenal of proof…..
§§pecial Unicorn™
March 1st, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Nazi’s where Progressives or in other terms LIBERALS which is the current democratic party.
Thanks for playing “You’ve Been Informed”. You have won no prize for being a complete idiot.
BTW… Fox is still #1 in the Ratings. CNN did have the #1 time slot when they had Glenn Beck but they lost him to Fox… I wonder why.. Maybe its because CNN didn’t want to hear the Right Wing Truth and had to censor much of Glenn’s production.
Brandon
March 1st, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Fact # 1 = FOX NEWS is the # 1 rated Cable News Show
Fact # 2 = FOX NEWS did NOT lose $ 6.5 Billion in the last quarter
Fact # 3 = Exposing Obama’s MANY shortcomings & MANY
nefarious associations is NOT slamming him with racist remarks or lies
Fact # 4 = America was founded on Freedom + Capitalism NOT Socialism.
If you appreciate Socialism SO much; I suggest that you move to a Socialist Nation such as North Korea where your panties would probably not be in such a bunch.
The Right Stuff
March 1st, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Fox news is ranked #1 and has been for at least a decade — nice try. Everyone’s losing money right now — advertisers aren’t paying what they used to — scaling back costs trying to survive an economy fueled by artificially inflating the housing market (CRA).
Find me a story that CNN and MSNBC or anyone else in the industry who made a profit and I’ll give you some credit — until then, don’t cite someone’s deflating revenue stream on anything other than a tanking economy.
Nice try.
And although Obama’s policies aren’t outright socialism, they’re heading that way. For anyone to actually say the phrase “Redistribution of Wealth” (a phrase coined by Karl Marx) — it’s no mystery what their economic influences are. Exercise a little restraint when you’re clinging to those party loyalties and open your eyes. You’re about to lose your Country to the ‘Big Government’ our founding fathers fought against and escaped so you could make your own decisions. How’s that for a loss — can’t exactly quantify that just yet? The irony runs thick doesn’t it?
American’s are historically bankrupt, evidenced by putting a big-government proponent in office.